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Global Immunizations and Vaccinations

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Vaccinating millions in the Americas and Europe

In April 2009, two regions of the World Health Organization, the Americas and Europe, conducted Vaccination Weeks to vaccinate millions of children, adults, and seniors. The European Immunization Week (EIW) (exit) was held April 20-26 and the Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) (exit) was held April 25-May 2. A news story highlighted the two events (exit) on the WHO Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals website. For the first time, the EIW used innovative Internet-based viral techniques and social media to advocate for immunization across Europe. An animated video, posted on YouTube, spread the EIW message virally (online) as well as drove traffic to the EIW website. Social networking sites such as Facebook, BKontakte, and Studivz also were used to reinforce the message.

Global Strategic Plan (2006-2010)

• CDC Global Immunization Strategic Framework 2006-2010 (.pdf 554 KB) (36 pages)
  • Screen-reader version of framework 2006-2010 (.rtf 65 KB) (15 pages)

Global Measles Efforts

• Global Measles Goals
• Global Measles Initiatives
• Measles Mortality Reduction & Reg. Measles Elimination (.pdf 58 KB) (1 page)
  (Programs-in-Brief)
  (screen-reader version) (.rtf, 12 KB, 2 pages)
• See also Global Measles web page

Global Polio Efforts

• STOP Team (Polio)
• Global Initiatives
• Polio Eradication (.pdf 67 KB) (2 pages)
  (Programs-in-Brief)
• More...

Global Pneumococcal Disease

• Global Pneumococcal Disease
• Pneumococcal disease vaccine in developing countries
• Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine use in industrialized countries

Global Meningitis Vaccine

• Improved Meningitis Vaccine for Africia Could Signal Eventual End to Deadly Scourge: Successful Vaccine Trial Promises Long-Term, Low-Cost Protection from Epidemics in Africia (exit) 
  (Press release)

Global Hib Vaccine

• MMWR: Progress Toward Introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b Vaccine in Low-Income Countries -- Worldwide, 2004-2007
• CDC Press Release: More Children in Low-Income Countries Getting Vaccinated Against Hib Pneumonia and Meningitis
• The Hib Initiative (exit site)

Articles on Global Eradication of Diseases

• Global Disease Elimination and Eradication as Public Health Strategies
  MMWR, December 31, 1999 / Vol. 48 / Supplement

• Measles Program In Americas Cited As Example For World (en español)
  Pan American Health Organization, May 22, 2003      

• Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries
  2nd edition, Disease Control Priorities Project

Global Partners

• Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) (exit)  www.vaccinealliance.org/home/index.php
• World Health Organization (WHO) (exit)
  www.who.org/
• WHO statistics and graphics (exit)
  www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/data/en/
• WHO country profile selection (exit)
  www.wpro.who.int/countries/countries.htm
• Rotary International (exit)
  www.rotary.org/ 
• UNICEF (exit)
  www.unicef.org/
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
• CDC's Polio disease web page
  www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_polio.htm
• CDC's Measles disease web page
  www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_measles.htm

Related Web Sites

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (exit)
  www.gatesfoundation.org 

• Canadian Public Health Association (exit)
  www.cpha.ca/english/intprog/intprog.htm

• End of Measles (exit)
  www.who.int/health_topics/measles/en/ 

• End of Polio  (exit)
  www.endofpolio.org

• Global Prevalence of Hepatitis A
  www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/a/prevalence.htm

• Pan American Health Organization (exit)
  www.paho.org/english/ad/fch/im/Vaccines.htm

• Polio Eradication (exit)
  www.polioeradication.org 

• TechNet21: Technical Network for Strengthening Immunization Services (exit)
  http://technet21.org/
  A WHO initiative for disseminating info on cold chain logistics and immunization delivery (includes events related to immunization, job announcements, and a searchable database of immunization experts)

• United Nations Foundation (exit) 
  www.endpolionow.net 

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